Cam York scores a strange goal, Morgan Frost wins the shootout, the Flyers open the season with a 3-2 win in Vancouver

An early third-period goal by defenseman Cam York went unrecognized for more than 10 seconds before officials blew the goal horn, allowing the Philadelphia Flyers to celebrate in a game against the Vancouver Canucks Open the regular season Friday evening.

York’s goal tied the game at 2-2 before Morgan Frost scored the game-winning goal in the shootout and the Flyers started the season with a 1-0 win in British Columbia.

According to CBS Sports, the Flyers are now 8-0-2 in their last 10 season openers.

Tyson Foerster also scored in regulation time for the Flyers and Samuel Ersson finished the game with 24 saves.

York’s strange goal came at 2:48 of the third period. He fired a shot past Vancouver’s Kevin Lankinen that went under the crossbar of the net but quickly bounced back out. The officials allowed the game to continue for a few moments before the horn sounded and the Flyers were able to celebrate the tie.

Teddy Blueger and Nils Hoglander scored for the Canucks, and Lankinen made 30 saves in his Vancouver debut.

It was the second straight game in which the Canucks lost in overtime after holding a lead early in the third period.

Travis Konecny ​​also scored in the shootout for Philadelphia, and Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver.

Highly touted prospect Matvei Michkov took some big steps in his NHL regular season debut. The 19-year-old Russian right winger tried to beat Lankinen on a power play in the third period with a reverse shot between his legs in front of the net. The Flyers selected Michkov seventh overall in the 2023 draft.

Jett Luchanko, an 18-year-old prospectalso made his regular season debut.

Philadelphia held Vancouver’s star-studded power play in check, stopping all five penalties and not allowing a single shot on the last three.

Meanwhile, Foerster’s goal in the first period came on a power play. The Flyers went one-for-four with the man advantage after finishing last season with the league’s least powerful power play.

Vancouver lost a big player less than two minutes into the game when defenseman Tyler Myers went down after hitting Joel Farabee on the boards. Myers spent several minutes on the ice being watched by trainers before he was helped and went straight to the locker room, saving his right leg. He didn’t return.

The Flyers visit Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, while the Canucks open their first road trip of the season in Tampa Bay on Tuesday.